英语知识55（1/2）

Public holidays

Module task: Making a poster about.a Chinese festival

Unit 1 My family always go somewhere interes

as soon as the holiday begins.

Listening and vocabulary

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Look at the picture and answer the questions.

1 Which public holiday are people celebrating?

2 When is this holiday in China?

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following holidays in China, h L5t Nay .

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Tony: The First of October is China's National Day, isn't it. Lingling?

Lingling: Yes. The People's Republic of China was founded)on Ist October 1949. Peohave celebrated the National Day since then. There are flowers and natiorflags everywhere, and we haveg three-dayholiday.

Tony: Do you have ahy plans for the holiday this year?

Lingling: Yes. My parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong Provincand we'll stay there until the end of the holiday, While we're staying with oufriends, we're going to spend one day in Qingdao. When is your national da)

Betly?

Betty: Our national day is called dndependence Day It's on 4th July. We've eelebratetit since 1777. It's apublic holiday, but we only have one day off. On that day

there are all kinds of holiday activities, It's the start of the vacation seasonand most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.

Lingling: And is there anything special on that day?

Betty:Well, you can see American flags everywhere. Weusually have a picnic somewhere nice. Kids have greatfun. We also watch bands play music in public parks.

Daming: Do you have a national day in the UK, Tony?

Tony: No, we d